Significance
Coal can be found in abundance in America and many other countries and its price has remained relatively constant in recent years. Consequently it is used for about 50 percent of U.S. electricity needs. Thus the lower emissions that IGCC technology allows may be important in the future as emission regulations tighten due to growing concern for the impacts of pollutants on the environment and the globe.
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“History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)